The Republican journal., 1887-11-03
Generalities.

Rear Admiral j. W. A. Nicholson is dead
Washington Territory desires to be admitted
as il State.
Pittsburg wants Paul Hines, but Paul Hines
wants too much money.
The official report states that there are 49,
O0O.OW sheep in the United States.
The Mennonites of BowmansvilIe, Pa. need
ing Il minister, selected one by lottery.
Anarchist Parsons has written a book and
given the manuscript into the hands Of his wife.
FrightfuI disasters have occurred In the
China Sea, accompanied by terrible loss Of lite.
\ bill has been introduced in the ReichSrath
to prevent excessive drinking throughout Aus
tria.
Iron lands Oh Vcrmiion range, Mimi. have
been sold to an English syndicate for 80 00O,-
0GG.
mail carrier named James f. Hamilton was
captured and eaten by sharks on the Fiori,l,
coast.
1t is considered certain that Rev. Mr.. Berry
Of Wolverhampton will be Mr. Becchcr's sue
cessor.
The residence of Adelina Patti, In Wales, was
burSlarized and 4 quantity Of valuable jcwclry
stolen.
wholesale jail delivery of 800 prisoners
was prevented by a trusty prisoner at Column
bus, ..
Over 800 persons were drowned on Sept Is
by the wrecking of Chinese transport IN Pes
! cadores
Commodore Joseph Hull is the Oldest
officer in the American navy. lie was appoint
ed III 1913.
Inn trpIn off ran
washed overheard from the British bark
Balakava.
The connection Of Gould and Sage with the
Kansas Pacific stock will be thoroughly inves-
tigated by law.
Boston and Maine Railroad managers claim
that GOV. Sawyers Veto of the IIaZcn bill was
unconstitutional.
| hurricane on the Baltic has driven many
| ships ashore between Rugcn and Mcneil and
| damaged coast Notifications.
| Mrs Sater, the Mayor Of Argonia, Kansas,
| Is said to have made herself unpopular by the
| severity of her executions Of the laws.
| Gossip has it that buffalo Bill'' has made
S3o0,OO out OF the American exhibition in
London, of which he was so prominent feat
| urc.
The counties of Iiidalgo and Starr, Texas, are
vi
ing horses and people, the latter held for ran
| som.
Two Gloucester mackcrcl schooners have
| been fitted out for Alaska seal fisheries. and
cleared for Washington Territory and Puget
Sound.
Chinese papers containing the Mtkiewicz
| agreement for the establishment Of a China
| American bank, have been received in San
| Francisco.
| The Dominion Government has divided Nova
Scotia into nine fishing districts and appointed
| officials to gather statistics of the fisheries in
| each of them.
VI twelve Mormon Jurors summoned eight
refused to take the oath required by the Ed
| munds-Iuck2r act, though all had voted at he
| August election.
The largest orange ever grown in Florida has
just been pucked in Brevard county. 1t is Is
| IL inches in circumference and weighs 9
| pounds ounces.
| It is reported that Rear Admiral S. b. Luce
| Will be relieved at his own request from the
command of the North Atlantic Squadron late
| in November or early in December.
| Before the recent birth Of a daughter to
| Princess Beatrice, ut Bamoral, no royal Off
| spring had been born In Scotland since Charles
| l. OF England saw the light at Dunfcrmline,
| Filfeshire, on Nov. 10, 1900.
| A banquet was given in Paris last Friday
| night in celebration of the anniversary of the
dedication of the statue of ''Liberty Enlighten-
ing the Word,' in New York harbor Minis
ter McLane, Mr.. Blaine and NJ. de Lafayette
were present.
1t is understood that recent conference of
| Canadian Government officials resulted in de-
| ci>ion to send a delegation to England to de-
| nand that certain grievances be rctlresscd. and
| If refused to ask that the imperial act OF con-
| federation be repealed.
| The number of sheep In the United States
| rose from nineteen millions in 1910 to tftv-onc
millions in 1854 and declined to forty-tive mil
| lions in 1887. In 1880 our wooden product reach
| ed $164 100000 and the imports $3l 900, 900.
| Our products increased nearly sevcn-fod from
| 1915 to 1850, while our imports only increased
| about G2 per cent.
| Rear Admiral Worlen, hero of the Monitor
| and Nlerrmac fight, is living in Washington
He is 20 years of age, but looks younger. lie
| has full blonde beard and his hair Is not as
| white as his age would warrant. The wound
| he received in the Monitor and Merrmac battle
not only impaired his sight but has left him al
| ways subject to severe headaches. He was re-
! tired from the navy in 1856 on full pay, and is
thus in receipt of $4,000 year.